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cnn newsroom continues with brooke baldwin. >> hello to you, i'm brooke baldwin. let me explain this, four days away now, four days from potentially a u.s. default. at this late stage in the game here, republicans ramped up demands for raising the debt ceiling. the demands deemed not starters from the president, hard line house republicans, they are the ones demanding congress agree to pass a balanced budget amendment, not just vote on the thing, but approve it by the end of the year or shortly thereafter. so, late this afternoon or this evening, we will get a vote on the debt reduction plan that includes that demand, it's a redraft of the boehner plan that failed last night. here's something else -- i have to tell you right now here, this has to do with the president. he reemerged into the spotlight and is saying the two sides here really aren't too terribly far apart and the deal can be done by the august 2nd, tuesday deadline. let's listen to the president, this is when he spoke around 10:30 this morning. let's listen. >> good morning, everybody. i want to spea
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the whole point was, if we can label our former bosses, rebekah brooks, andy coulson who are arrested, not criminal masterminds but engaged in a media empire where criminality was rif, if that media empire got david cameron elected as the british prime minister, that's a good story. >> i have a break coming up. since you mentioned rebekah brooks and andy coulson, both former editors of "news of the world," do you have any doubt that they knew phone hacking was going on at that paperer? >> i have no doubt whatsoever. piers morgan was also my editor, but in that time in 1994-'5, it wasn't illegal. you could sit outside someone's house and tap into their phone conversations and record all of it. and also look at their messages. i need to ask a lawyer actually, is it legal for a wife to hack into her husband's phone if she thinks he's cheating? about 10% of the population of britain have done that, too sgle well ooh keep our focus on journalists. paul mcmull land, good luck with the pub. >> thanks. >>> coming up on the second part of "reliable sources," debt talks collapse after news repo
the whole point was, if we can label our former bosses, rebekah brooks, andy coulson who are arrested, not criminal masterminds but engaged in a media empire where criminality was rif, if that media empire got david cameron elected as the british prime minister, that's a good story. >> i have a break coming up. since you mentioned rebekah brooks and andy coulson, both former editors of "news of the world," do you have any doubt that they knew phone hacking was going on at that...
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this week the world watched as rupert murdoch, his son james and protege rebekah brooks answered questions about the phone hacking scandal. some ex "news of the world" editors say he gave mistaken information to the committee. atika, what's this about? >> this is not just the ex-editor, but also the former lawyer for "news of the world" saying james murdoch was very much mistaken in his testimony, that he had been informed about an e-mail called the fornevil e-mail that showed the problem was not limited to one reporter, that this was more than a single person. it went much further. so this suggests that possibly james murdoch actually knew about this much earlier and that he settled with another claimant on this issue in order to basically cover it up. now, james murdoch has replayed to this challenge by his former editor and lawyer saying just very similar ly, i stand by my testimony to the select committee. very kurt reply. the committee members are not happy about this at all, they say they want to hear back from james murdoch to explain exactly what happened. was he lying the the comm
this week the world watched as rupert murdoch, his son james and protege rebekah brooks answered questions about the phone hacking scandal. some ex "news of the world" editors say he gave mistaken information to the committee. atika, what's this about? >> this is not just the ex-editor, but also the former lawyer for "news of the world" saying james murdoch was very much mistaken in his testimony, that he had been informed about an e-mail called the fornevil e-mail...
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. >> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, president obama meets with house republican leaders this hour in a last-minute push to prevent a national debt disaster. we'll read the fine print of a bipartisan compromise getting lots of attention right now. new political fireworks over phone hacking. the british prime minister gets hammered. and the fbi is now moving forward with its investigation right here in the united states. and a war of words between two florida lawmakers. democratic party chairwoman debbie wasserman-shultz joins me to respond to a congressman's rant calling her vile, unprofessional and despicable. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> right now, six u.s. senators are giving new momentum to talks aiming at avoiding a national catastrophe in the united states. their bipartisan compromise to slash the deficit. only 12 dpas left, president obama is due to meet this hour with house speaker john boehner and majority leader eric cantor. this just a short while after he met with top c
. >> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, president obama meets with house republican leaders this hour in a last-minute push to prevent a national debt disaster. we'll read the fine print of a bipartisan compromise getting lots of attention right now. new political fireworks over phone hacking. the british prime minister gets hammered. and the fbi is now moving forward with its investigation right here in the united states. and a war of words between two florida lawmakers. democratic...
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as we know, news executives who could it be aside from rebekah brooks stood in way of the investigation. did everything to make sure it was killed off early. >> what about andy coulson? we talk about the impact on cameron, did cameron throw him under the bus? >> he tried to, but i suspect coulson is in a position to dump on all the news corp. people if he wants to. he can strie to implicate other people. >> what about john yates? he's criticized for shutting down the original phone hacking investigation. i'm reminded of that show "star trek" that every time an officer was at the party he was going to get killed. >> i guess he's the most obvious fall guy. on the other hand i think he was a roughly honest cop. the reason he closed down was the fact that the news corp. executives prevented him from doing it. instead he and his boss who are employed by the london times decided they'd rather give up the fight. on the other hand i think on the whole, the top cops who've gone have done it for the honorable reasons. is another means of getting david cameron. if a top cop goes because of somethi
as we know, news executives who could it be aside from rebekah brooks stood in way of the investigation. did everything to make sure it was killed off early. >> what about andy coulson? we talk about the impact on cameron, did cameron throw him under the bus? >> he tried to, but i suspect coulson is in a position to dump on all the news corp. people if he wants to. he can strie to implicate other people. >> what about john yates? he's criticized for shutting down the original...
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rebekah brooks told lawmakers yesterday that she visited cameron's predecessors a lot more often than she saw cameron. listen to this. >> the fact is i have never been to downing street while cameron has been prime minister, and yet under prime minister brown and tony blair, i did regularly go. strangely it was under labor issues, and it was not the current administration. >> six investigations are now under way into phone hacks and bribes to the police. >>> some of the other big stories we're keeping an eye on. we are learning president obama plans to meet with house and senate democratic leadership this afternoon at the white house. 2:50 p.m., to be exact. this all because we're less than two weeks away from the federal government defaulting on its obligations, and congress has yet to work out a deal. president obama's debt-cutting plan can't pass the house and the plan from house republicans can't pass the senate. house speaker john boehner reiterated tuesday that default is not in the cards. and also on tuesday, the so-called gang of six unveiled their plans. it was called, quote,
rebekah brooks told lawmakers yesterday that she visited cameron's predecessors a lot more often than she saw cameron. listen to this. >> the fact is i have never been to downing street while cameron has been prime minister, and yet under prime minister brown and tony blair, i did regularly go. strangely it was under labor issues, and it was not the current administration. >> six investigations are now under way into phone hacks and bribes to the police. >>> some of the...
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we know he had various conversations with rebekah brooks, the chief executive but we're told that they were appropriate but don't know what the content is yet. i don't want to get too bogged down in the detail. the short answer is not at the moment. i don't think anyone's talking about him being in a perilous position yet. this is slowly incrementally getting closer and closer to downing street's door. it is very, very awkward for the prime minister. it's taken up a lot of his time and put him in a difficult position. i think he's desperately hoping after today's combative exchanges in the house of commons behind me, this will be a line drawn under it. it will then go back to the police inquiry. this lot the politicians will be off on their summer holidays and i would think david cameron will be hoping this will be off his initial sort of entree for the summer and he can concentrate on other things. >> let's revisit rupert murdoch's testimony. refusing to take any responsibility for this phone hacking scandal. take a quick peek. >> do you accept that ultimately, you are responsible for
we know he had various conversations with rebekah brooks, the chief executive but we're told that they were appropriate but don't know what the content is yet. i don't want to get too bogged down in the detail. the short answer is not at the moment. i don't think anyone's talking about him being in a perilous position yet. this is slowly incrementally getting closer and closer to downing street's door. it is very, very awkward for the prime minister. it's taken up a lot of his time and put him...
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. >> elizabeth murdoch has denied reports she blamed her brother james aura beck cag brooks for the damage the scandal has done to her father's company. she once started her own independent tv firm only to be bought by her father for nearly $650 million. >> this is a man who cares so much about his legacy, he once said to me, all i want is for my kids to be decent people. >> they love their father, but keep an eye on replacing him when that day comes. >> james very much very much wanted it. they all wanted it. there was the period when elizabeth wanted -- elizabeth was the heir and that didn't work out. and then lackland and james. so actually this rather continues the pattern. >> keeping it all in the family. rupert murdoch told questioners about his late father buying a small newspaper, rooting out scandals. >> which i remain very, very proud of. >> i think students of history are well aware of your family business. >> i would love to see my sons and daughters follow if they're interested. >> a hint from the father that the children may be less interested now that the company is embroile
. >> elizabeth murdoch has denied reports she blamed her brother james aura beck cag brooks for the damage the scandal has done to her father's company. she once started her own independent tv firm only to be bought by her father for nearly $650 million. >> this is a man who cares so much about his legacy, he once said to me, all i want is for my kids to be decent people. >> they love their father, but keep an eye on replacing him when that day comes. >> james very much...
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even rebekah brooks said yesterday this decision was extraordinary. yet the prime minister's chief of staff apparently did nothing with the information. in may 2010 the deputy prime minister warned the prime minister about bringing mr. colson into downing street. he did nothing. on september the 1st, 2010, the "new york times" published and investigation quoting multiple sources saying mr. colson knew about hacking which was r everyone fe at the "news of the world". we now know from yukon yates that article was enough to lead the police to reopen their inquiries and indeed it led to operation weeding. we know now it triggered the resignation of the metropolitan police contract. it toledo the offer by mr. yates for the prime minister to be briefed. now the cabinet secretary has said it's right that offer was not taken up. but the question is why? because it would be seen -- because -- because the prime minister was compromised by his relationship with mr. colson. and, therefore, could not be told anything at all about an investigation concerning a memb
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next to him is rebecca brooks the former ceo of news international. the former head, he was the one running the newspaper before her and then we come to the news of the world down here with the folks who were actually being questioned about this improper activity. here's the connection that the people are trying to establish in the questioning here. from him to him to him to her. this question. how how tight it is from where the bad things are going on. i didn't know anything about that. you know from many investigations and many organizations that are caught doing things that are wrong, investigators look at the connections often when there is not a business relationship and saying how do we connect the people and prove these people knew something even though they say they did not? beyond that structure of just this group here, other things have to be considered. another part of the castle, there is the news corp. board. 17 individual who is sit on the board of directors here this is what a lot of people are going to look at closely. the news corp. b
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. >> reporter: it was now the time for rebekah brooks. >> we have paid police in the time for past. i have never knowingly sanctioned a payment to a police officer. i was referring to -- if you saw at the time of the home affairs select committee recently that you had various crime editors from fleet street discussing that in the past payments have been made to police officers. i was referring to that wide held belief, not widespread practice. in fact, in my experience in dealing with police, the information they comes to newspapers comes free of charge. >> reporter: the scandal has come at an incredible cost to news international. a year ago the name murdoch put fear into the hearts of many british politicians. today it was clear the politicians had no fear. dan rivers, cnn, westminster. >>> there was no question about how investors felt about the hearing. news corp stock jumped by 5.5% on the nasdaq to $16.25 following an extended decline over the past two years. felicia taylor measures the impact this scandal has had on news corp's bottom line. >> it was a long day of testimony b
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executive rebekah brooks were grilled today. the elder murdoch apologizing but refusing to take the rap. >> do you feel that ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco? >> nope. >> you're not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it. and then maybe the people they trusted. >> no apology and no stepping down. >> have you considered resigning? >> >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i trusted, not saying who, i don't know what level. have let me down. and i think they have behaved disgracefully and betrayed the company and me. and it's for them to pay. i think that frankly i'm the best person to clean this up. >> and speaking of cleaning up, the proceedings were interrupted briefly when a protestor deliver a shaving cream pie. take a look at this. keep your eye on the lower left-hand corner of your screen. it happens pretty quickly. >> oh! >> here it is quickly again in slow motion. here comes the pie. and that pink blur that you see over there is rupert murdoch's wife wendy who
executive rebekah brooks were grilled today. the elder murdoch apologizing but refusing to take the rap. >> do you feel that ultimately you are responsible for this whole fiasco? >> nope. >> you're not responsible? who is responsible? >> the people that i trusted to run it. and then maybe the people they trusted. >> no apology and no stepping down. >> have you considered resigning? >> >> no. >> why not? >> because i feel that people i...
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brooks, again and again, it was brought to her, but we never really fundamentally understood how did these people who should have or perhaps might have known failed to know? and i think that is still very much a question to be answered, probably by the judicial inquiry. >> let me turn to you, vicky ward, a personal friend of the murdochs. we spoke to you yesterday. you movingly spoke about rupert murdoch. it's a difficult day. he started off saying it's a the most humble day of his life. >> and there was an e-mail from wendi, that she had slapped him. and i e-mailed back, go, girl, or go, wendi. he was very fragile, contrite at the beginning and started to get more resilient, more rambunctious toward the end. he came out strong about the telegraph. an important point here. two years ago, the british public seemed quite content to -- when the "daily telegraph" broke a very big story about the abuses on mps' expenses and obtained this information by paying for it, paying for stolen documents, what he was trying to point out, he created a culture there to expose the establishment. and c
brooks, again and again, it was brought to her, but we never really fundamentally understood how did these people who should have or perhaps might have known failed to know? and i think that is still very much a question to be answered, probably by the judicial inquiry. >> let me turn to you, vicky ward, a personal friend of the murdochs. we spoke to you yesterday. you movingly spoke about rupert murdoch. it's a difficult day. he started off saying it's a the most humble day of his life....
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you were at rebecca brooks' wedding. i want you to tell me about the interactions and who else was at that wedding? >> who else was there? gordon brown was there. prime minister. david cameron, leader of the opposition. giorgos born, chancellor. a lot of main medias were there. and piers morgan, who has gone very quiet on this issue. he was there as well. >> piers morgan has spoken about it, has done a show about it, he has not been quiet on it. >> okay. okay. >> david cameron is speaking to parliament tomorrow. can he survive this? >> i don't have any doubt about that, but i think he would be in a much stronger position if he came out and admitted he made an error of judgment in hiring andy coulson, the editor of news of the world when the known phone hacking was going on, as his communications director, and he's now sort of busy saying i wanted to give the guy a second chance. he's the prime minister, not a probation officer and there are lots of people in the world that would like to get a second chance for things the
you were at rebecca brooks' wedding. i want you to tell me about the interactions and who else was at that wedding? >> who else was there? gordon brown was there. prime minister. david cameron, leader of the opposition. giorgos born, chancellor. a lot of main medias were there. and piers morgan, who has gone very quiet on this issue. he was there as well. >> piers morgan has spoken about it, has done a show about it, he has not been quiet on it. >> okay. okay. >> david...
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remember, rebekah brooks who supervised the "news of the world," she's currently under arrest. so, rupert murdoch couldn't be in the business of acknowledging what seemed fairly obvious with all due respect to our colleague, piers. thises wasn't a question of not supervising the newspaper, this was not reading the newspaper. i mean, it was obvious if you read "news of the world" that they were in people's voice mail. i mean, so the idea that murdoch, sr., murdoch jr., didn't know that they were reading people's voice mails, much less rebekah brooks seems pretty preposterous to me. >> joanne, where do you see this heading? obviously you have the parliamentary inquiry and legal inqui inquiry, but in terms of the legacy of a proud man, you mentioned his aperns ppearance davos and he takes great pride in his empire, what has it done to the legacy of rupert murdoch? >> i think do you know what, one of the most key things he said the entire day was when he said, no, i will not resign because i'm the one that is best prepared to clean this up. and i think that he really feels he did b
remember, rebekah brooks who supervised the "news of the world," she's currently under arrest. so, rupert murdoch couldn't be in the business of acknowledging what seemed fairly obvious with all due respect to our colleague, piers. thises wasn't a question of not supervising the newspaper, this was not reading the newspaper. i mean, it was obvious if you read "news of the world" that they were in people's voice mail. i mean, so the idea that murdoch, sr., murdoch jr., didn't...
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he hired rebekah brooks, was a loyal confidant of his. everyone knows that media tabloids is his first love. >> anything about his response, he said this is the most humble day of my career. do you buy it? >> i don't doubt that it is probably the most humble day of his career. he's had plenty of humble days, having sold myspace for a fraction of what they bought it for. it's been a rough patch for him. i do believe that he's sincere about feeling badly for what's happened. but at the same time, i think there probably was this culture at the news international tabloids wr this is probably overlooked and not necessarily encouraged. >> clearly at 80 years of age, still working 10 to 12-hour work days. he loves his job. he conceded in today's hearing he spends a lot of time with "the wall street journal" than the uk papers. the headline is earth to murdoch, just sell the newspapers. what do you mean by that? >> it's a very small percentage of the company's overall profits. news corp. is more famous before this scandal for owning fox which "am
he hired rebekah brooks, was a loyal confidant of his. everyone knows that media tabloids is his first love. >> anything about his response, he said this is the most humble day of my career. do you buy it? >> i don't doubt that it is probably the most humble day of his career. he's had plenty of humble days, having sold myspace for a fraction of what they bought it for. it's been a rough patch for him. i do believe that he's sincere about feeling badly for what's happened. but at...
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he defended rebekah brooks. he defended les hinton, the former dow jones ceo who also resigned last friday, and he said he had been betrayed by unname other employees. it was not overall an impressive performance. >> we mo this has to be costing news corp. millions. how much of a liability is it to keep rupert murdoch where he is right now? >> i don't know if the liability is to rupert murdoch but it is his leadership. i think he has to stay and use others as a human shield for as long as he can. he's been a liability in many ways if you look at the value of property for so many years. but when is news corporation going to get out and do the top to bottom investigation not just of their british publications and they're only doing that right now but, in fact, going worldwide? and until they do that they will always be behind the story and as long as he's at the helm and performing the way he did today, he will increasingly be a liability. >> what are your thoughts about strategy here? rupert murdoch is 81 years o
he defended rebekah brooks. he defended les hinton, the former dow jones ceo who also resigned last friday, and he said he had been betrayed by unname other employees. it was not overall an impressive performance. >> we mo this has to be costing news corp. millions. how much of a liability is it to keep rupert murdoch where he is right now? >> i don't know if the liability is to rupert murdoch but it is his leadership. i think he has to stay and use others as a human shield for as...
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that will be with rebekah brooks. we expect rupert murdoch there, quite clear, saying phone hacking is wrong, paying police officers is wrong, has no part in news international, no part in news corp, and saying there will be no excuses. our colleague looks at these things from a rounded point of view, did the murdochs do what they needed to do to put a bit of shine back on the company, or not? >> i think, richard, if you look at all the comments they made over the course of the past three hours, what comes out loud and clear to me are two executives who appear profoundly out of touch. some of the statements that we heard earlier, i made lots of notes as you can imagine, all news organizations use private investigators, as if that legitimizes the practice. i trusted people. excuse me, the chief executive of a company is responsible. so mr. murdochs, both, need to own what has happened in their organization. the culture is clearly broken. there are so many other comments like that. >> right. let's go round, we will stay
that will be with rebekah brooks. we expect rupert murdoch there, quite clear, saying phone hacking is wrong, paying police officers is wrong, has no part in news international, no part in news corp, and saying there will be no excuses. our colleague looks at these things from a rounded point of view, did the murdochs do what they needed to do to put a bit of shine back on the company, or not? >> i think, richard, if you look at all the comments they made over the course of the past three...
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brooks or mr. hinton, or any of those executives had knowledge of that and their assertions, certainly mrs. brooks and assertions to me of her knowledge of those things has been -- has been clear. nonetheless, those resignations have been accepted. but it's important to know on the basis that there is no evidence today that i have seen or that i have any knowledge of, that there was any impriority by them. >> turn to tom watson. >> mr. murdoch sr., good afternoon, sir. you have repeatedly stated that news corp has a zero tolerance of wrongdoing by employees. is that right? >> yes. >> in october 2010, did you still believe it to be true when you made your speech and you said, let me be clear, we will be vig -- we will vigorously pursue the truth and we will not tolerate wrongdoing? >> yes. >> so if you were not lying then, somebody lied to you, who was it? >> i don't know. that is what the police are investigating and we are helping them with. >> but you acknowledge that you were misled? >> clearly.
brooks or mr. hinton, or any of those executives had knowledge of that and their assertions, certainly mrs. brooks and assertions to me of her knowledge of those things has been -- has been clear. nonetheless, those resignations have been accepted. but it's important to know on the basis that there is no evidence today that i have seen or that i have any knowledge of, that there was any impriority by them. >> turn to tom watson. >> mr. murdoch sr., good afternoon, sir. you have...
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we are waiting for rupert and james murdoch and rebekah brooks testifying. the hearing is under way already. atika, what is the headline out of the hearing so far? >> reporter: well, basically, getting a grilling by the lawmakers about the relationship between his senior officers and news international executives. but, so far, no smoking gun. basically, they are focusing on the hiring of neil wallace, a former deputy of news of the world and he was hired by the metropolitan police as a sort of communications consultant for about a year. now they are questioning about that, because neil wallace was later on arrested for his -- in connection with the investigation into the phone hacking. so a lot of questions being thrown up now. according to paul stephenson, he said they had no way of knowing he was, in any way, involved with phone-hacking allegations when they hired him. he personally did not know of any reason why not to hire him at the time. he is still being grilled on this issue so there may be more coming out of this yet. >> everything has come up about
we are waiting for rupert and james murdoch and rebekah brooks testifying. the hearing is under way already. atika, what is the headline out of the hearing so far? >> reporter: well, basically, getting a grilling by the lawmakers about the relationship between his senior officers and news international executives. but, so far, no smoking gun. basically, they are focusing on the hiring of neil wallace, a former deputy of news of the world and he was hired by the metropolitan police as a...
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rebekah brooks is testifying today. >>> time now for our political ticker. let's bring in our senior political editor mark preston on the phone from washington. good morning to you, mark, the debt ceiling a new cbs poll shows that americans continue to be split on what to do about the debt ceiling. >> yeah, ali, what's amazing about this is that, right now, we showed that the country is split 46% now -- support the idea of increasing the debt ceiling. 49% don't want to see it increased. what we have seen, ali the number has increased by 22% by people in favor of doing so. this is split now. among the american people. as we get toward the deadline, we could default on our loans. >> that's concerning people more. causing people to think about accepting tax cuts. they're allowed tax increases along with spending cuts as opposed to just spending increases -- just spending cuts, i mean. >> what's interesting about that, too, even though the democrats are demanding that there would have be to tax increases along with spending cuts and republicans only want to see
rebekah brooks is testifying today. >>> time now for our political ticker. let's bring in our senior political editor mark preston on the phone from washington. good morning to you, mark, the debt ceiling a new cbs poll shows that americans continue to be split on what to do about the debt ceiling. >> yeah, ali, what's amazing about this is that, right now, we showed that the country is split 46% now -- support the idea of increasing the debt ceiling. 49% don't want to see it...
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rebekah brooks may be unable to shed light on what really happened. john prescott think rupert murdoch's got a lot to answer for. >> everybody is scared to do death that he doesn't like so he's the spider in the middle of the when and it's about time we took him on. >> reporter: the chairman in charge of the xwriling is keen to hear why the company previously told him phone hacking was just the work of a rogue reporter, then later admitted that wasn't true. >> we took evidence from senior executives of news international and rupert murdoch has publicly stated parliament was misled. parliament takes that very seriously and so we want to ask him why he has discovered that we have been misled, who misled us and how long he's known about that. >> reporter: for rupert murdoch, this isn't a court appearance but it may feel like he's on trial. for years, rupert murdoch has been behind numerous cruel tabloid headlines. now suddenly he's on the front page himself, and that's a pretty awkward place for a press baron to be, suddenly the target of what they call
rebekah brooks may be unable to shed light on what really happened. john prescott think rupert murdoch's got a lot to answer for. >> everybody is scared to do death that he doesn't like so he's the spider in the middle of the when and it's about time we took him on. >> reporter: the chairman in charge of the xwriling is keen to hear why the company previously told him phone hacking was just the work of a rogue reporter, then later admitted that wasn't true. >> we took evidence...
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rebecca brooks was the editor of news of the world from 2000 to 2003. after brooks was promoted, andy colson became ceo of news of the world. he became communications director for british prime minister david cameron. colson was arrested last week, rebecca brooks was arrested yesterday. the scandal is spreading beyond murdock's media empire. paul stevenson resigned yesterd yesterday. his assistant commissioner john yates resigned today. the initial investigation into the scandal was botched. >>> rupert murdock, james murdock and rebecca brooks were all scheduled to testify before parliament tomorrow morning. cnn will cover their testimony live. >>> and it's time now for a cnn political update and someone else is set to take the republican pledge in the deficit debate. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joining us from washington. who's signing on now? >> michele bachmann for minnesota, she becames the latest of these republican candidates to do this, just about all of them have signed this pledge. she's going to sign them in south carolina,
rebecca brooks was the editor of news of the world from 2000 to 2003. after brooks was promoted, andy colson became ceo of news of the world. he became communications director for british prime minister david cameron. colson was arrested last week, rebecca brooks was arrested yesterday. the scandal is spreading beyond murdock's media empire. paul stevenson resigned yesterd yesterday. his assistant commissioner john yates resigned today. the initial investigation into the scandal was botched....
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. >> so rupert murdoch, his son and rebekah brooks testify tomorrow. what are we expecting from this hearing? >> well, we're expecting that rupert murdoch will the box office draw. he'll be grilled by british members of parliament. he'll be cross-examined about his extent of the knowledge with what his executives were up to when they apparently, as the accusation goes, authorized these phone hacking antics to go ahead against celebrities and victims of crimes. to what extent he knew and to what extent he'll do something about it. so it will be a pretty explosive day. and obviously, the very fact the the world's most powerful media mogul is appearing in front of the british has parliament to answer questions in this way is a fascinating event in itself. >> so we're talking about this as a business story. rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. and american politics. counselor, he knows there's criminal investigations on both sides of the atlantic. rupert murdoch and his deputies need to be
. >> so rupert murdoch, his son and rebekah brooks testify tomorrow. what are we expecting from this hearing? >> well, we're expecting that rupert murdoch will the box office draw. he'll be grilled by british members of parliament. he'll be cross-examined about his extent of the knowledge with what his executives were up to when they apparently, as the accusation goes, authorized these phone hacking antics to go ahead against celebrities and victims of crimes. to what extent he knew...
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. >> so rupert murdoch, his son and rebekah brooks testify tomorrow. what are we expecting from this hearing? >> well, we're expecting that rupert murdoch will the box office draw. he'll be grilled by british members of parliament. he'll be cross-examined about his extent of the knowledge with what his executives were up to when they apparently, as the accusation goes, authorized these phone hacking antics to go ahead against celebrities and victims of crimes. to what extent he knew and to what extent he'll do something about it. so it will be a pretty explosive day. and obviously, the very fact the the world's most powerful media mogul is appearing in front of the british has parliament to answer questions in this way is a fascinating event in itself. >> so we're talking about this as a business story. rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. and american politics. counselor, he knows there's criminal investigations on both sides of the atlantic. rupert murdoch and his depth tigs need to b
. >> so rupert murdoch, his son and rebekah brooks testify tomorrow. what are we expecting from this hearing? >> well, we're expecting that rupert murdoch will the box office draw. he'll be grilled by british members of parliament. he'll be cross-examined about his extent of the knowledge with what his executives were up to when they apparently, as the accusation goes, authorized these phone hacking antics to go ahead against celebrities and victims of crimes. to what extent he knew...
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. >> so rupert murdoch, his son and rebekah brooks testify tomorrow. what are we expecting from this hearing? >> well, we're expecting that rupert murdoch will the box office draw. he'll be grilled by british members of parliament. he'll be cross-examined about his extent of the knowledge with what his executives were up to when they apparently, as the accusation goes, authorized these phone hacking antics to go ahead against celebrities and victims of crimes. to what extent he knew and to what extent he'll do something about it. so it will be a pretty explosive day. and obviously, the very fact the the world's most powerful media mogul is appearing in front of the british has parliament to answer questions in this way is a fascinating event in itself. >> so we're talking about this as a business story. rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. and american politics. counselor, he knows there's criminal investigations on both sides of the atlantic. rupert murdoch and his depth tigs need to b
. >> so rupert murdoch, his son and rebekah brooks testify tomorrow. what are we expecting from this hearing? >> well, we're expecting that rupert murdoch will the box office draw. he'll be grilled by british members of parliament. he'll be cross-examined about his extent of the knowledge with what his executives were up to when they apparently, as the accusation goes, authorized these phone hacking antics to go ahead against celebrities and victims of crimes. to what extent he knew...
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. >> so rupert murdoch, his son and rebeckah brooks testify tomorrow. what are we expecting from this hearing? >> well, we're expecting that rupert murdoch will the box office draw. he'll be cross-examined about his extent of the knowledging with what his executives were up to when they apparently, as the accusation goes, authorized these phone hacking antics to go ahead against celebrities and victims of crimes. to what extent he knew and to what extent he'll do something about it. so it will be a pretty explosive day. and obviously, the very fact the world's most point of law media mogul is appearing in front of the british has parliament to answer questions in this way is a fascinating event in its i. >> so we're talking about this as a business story. rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. counselor jivery to you b counselor, he knows there's problems on both sides? >> think of how difficult it is for them. they have to do two almost entirely contradictory things in their testimony tom
. >> so rupert murdoch, his son and rebeckah brooks testify tomorrow. what are we expecting from this hearing? >> well, we're expecting that rupert murdoch will the box office draw. he'll be cross-examined about his extent of the knowledging with what his executives were up to when they apparently, as the accusation goes, authorized these phone hacking antics to go ahead against celebrities and victims of crimes. to what extent he knew and to what extent he'll do something about it....
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brooks testifying with andy coulson. coulson went on to become david cameron's spokesman and has since resigned and has been arrested in the scandal. >> can i ask, the one element if you ever pay the bliss for information? >> we have paid police for information in the past, and it's been -- >> will you do it in the put? >> it depends on -- >> within the code and within the law, there is a clear public interest and the same holds for private detectives, subterfuge. >> it's illegal for police officers to receive payments. >> no, no, no. i just said within the law. >> this is not only the beginning of the scandal. it's the beginning of the news corporation's attempts at damage control. coulson stepping in to blunt brooks' answers. i spoke with the other british whistleblower about the death of sean hoare and about the spread of allegations of illegal practices up the chain of command at news corp. here are the other stories we're digging into tonight, first. >>> deadline, do they know what the word means in washington? two
brooks testifying with andy coulson. coulson went on to become david cameron's spokesman and has since resigned and has been arrested in the scandal. >> can i ask, the one element if you ever pay the bliss for information? >> we have paid police for information in the past, and it's been -- >> will you do it in the put? >> it depends on -- >> within the code and within the law, there is a clear public interest and the same holds for private detectives, subterfuge....
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cnn newsroom continues now with brooke baldwin. >> and hello to you, happy monday, i'm brooke baldwin, as you just saw, i want to begin with this story, out of the uk, the british press association says the reporter who blew the whistle on the uk hacking scandal has been sound dead. his name is john ford, he was found today in his london home. police are calling his death unexplained. this is important because we're going to have much more on this story, got a lot of questions for our correspondent in london, we'll bring that to you coming up. but i want to begin this hour with a warning. i want you to listen to a warning. this is a warning that i'm about to show you a video of 16 men being shot to death. i'm going give you a moment here right now to go ahead and get the kids out of the room, but this is a video released by taliban insurgents in pakistan and it shows more than a dozen men believed to be pakistani policemen lined up. there they are, against the backdrop of the hillside with their hands tied behind their backs facing several men with rifles on the right side of your scr
cnn newsroom continues now with brooke baldwin. >> and hello to you, happy monday, i'm brooke baldwin, as you just saw, i want to begin with this story, out of the uk, the british press association says the reporter who blew the whistle on the uk hacking scandal has been sound dead. his name is john ford, he was found today in his london home. police are calling his death unexplained. this is important because we're going to have much more on this story, got a lot of questions for our...
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just how did rebekah brooks get to this point? of brooks first came to news international as a secretary at "news of the world." she quickly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist. reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming, she was soon the youngest editor of the "news of the world" and shortly after that, "the sun," both owned by murdoch's news international. she spoerheaded a controversial campaign to quote name and shame alleged pedophiles, publishing their names and addresses in the paper. as the editor of "the sun" brooks testified to parliament that her paper had paid police officers for information, and it was under her editorship that the "news of the world" allegedly paid a private investigator to hack into the voice mail messages of millie dowlor, the 13-year-old girl murdered in britain whose front page revelations made headlines. brooks had scaled the corporate ladder to become chief executive of news corp international, a posit
just how did rebekah brooks get to this point? of brooks first came to news international as a secretary at "news of the world." she quickly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist. reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming, she was soon the youngest editor of the "news of the world" and shortly after that, "the sun," both owned by murdoch's news international. she...
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let's talk about the arrest of rebekah brooks. she's out on bail right now, but her arrest over the weekend a big surprise. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, she was -- the length that she was detained for was incredible as well. 12 hours she spent -- more than 12 hours in a police station in london answering questions, and she wasle only released around midnight last night local time. so that was a huge development in this. she's out on police bail now, but that doesn't mean she's excused from appearing before a committee of mps tomorrow london time. she's still going to turn up and be careful about what she says, and the politicians are going to have to be careful about what they ask her as well. there could be a trial down the track if she's charged, and therefore they're going to make sure under the rules here that they don't sort of prejudice any forthcoming trial. nevertheless i think she's going to get a pretty tough interrogation at the hands of politicians as will her former bosses rupert and james murdoch who appear now separat
let's talk about the arrest of rebekah brooks. she's out on bail right now, but her arrest over the weekend a big surprise. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, she was -- the length that she was detained for was incredible as well. 12 hours she spent -- more than 12 hours in a police station in london answering questions, and she wasle only released around midnight last night local time. so that was a huge development in this. she's out on police bail now, but that doesn't mean she's excused from...
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just how did rebekah brooks get to this point? brooks first came to news international as a secretary at "news of the world." she quickly developed a reputation for her ten city as a journalist, reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming, she was soon the youngest editor of the "news of the world" and the sun. she spearheaded a controversial campaign to quote name and shame alleged pedophiles publishing their names and addresses in the paper. as the editor of "the sun" brooks testified to parliament that her paper paid police officers for information, and it was under her editorship that "news of the world" paid a private investigator to hack into the voice mail messages of millie dowler, the 13-year-old girl murdered in britain. those allegations did not come to light until almost a decade later after brooks had scaled the corporate ladder to being chief executive of news international, a position she resigned last week. brooks has denied having any knowled
just how did rebekah brooks get to this point? brooks first came to news international as a secretary at "news of the world." she quickly developed a reputation for her ten city as a journalist, reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming, she was soon the youngest editor of the "news of the world" and the sun. she spearheaded a controversial campaign to quote name and shame alleged pedophiles...
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present becca brooks is out on bail. she was arrested over the weekend with a conning phone hacking scandal. london's top cop, stephenson, also resigned yesterday. the a hearing will be held at the house of commons tomorrow. >>> general david petraeus handing off command of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan this morning. lieutenant general john allen now takes the reigns. he is retiring the end of next month to become director of the cia in september. >>> 16 days until the u.s. government cannot cover all of its bills. the president and congressional leaders are expected to meet again this week with no significant progress on any major deal. lawmakers working on a number of alternative approach tows raising the debt limit. >>> both sides are trying -- were trying to make a deal to raise the debt ceiling by the treasury 'as you 2 deadline. brianna keilar live at the white house. good morning. anything get done over the weekend n. >> there weren't any public meetings between the principal negotiators, the president, and
present becca brooks is out on bail. she was arrested over the weekend with a conning phone hacking scandal. london's top cop, stephenson, also resigned yesterday. the a hearing will be held at the house of commons tomorrow. >>> general david petraeus handing off command of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan this morning. lieutenant general john allen now takes the reigns. he is retiring the end of next month to become director of the cia in september. >>> 16 days until the...
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rebekah brooks arrested. the woman once headed up his british papers, she's out on bail. headline two, the head of scotland yard resigns. sir paul stevenson is quitting over criticism how he handled the saga. >> as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in. with hindsight i wish we had sunlged matters involve this affair differently. i didn't and that's that. >>> brace for an explosive few days ahead. ra beck that brooks, rupert murdock and his son are scheduled to be questioned by british lawmakers tuesday. >>> 15 seconds of news from canada. classic rockers chief trick got a scare as their stage collapsed at the ottawa blues fest. the stage blew over in severe weather. that's where we snagged these pictures. check out the stage before. and after. it's barely recognizable. good news, no serious injuries. >>> you hear the words grope and airport and junk-touching security checkpoint horror stories pop to mind. there's a twist. phoenix police arrested a would-be passenger, a 61-year-old woman shown here for allegedly squeezing and t
rebekah brooks arrested. the woman once headed up his british papers, she's out on bail. headline two, the head of scotland yard resigns. sir paul stevenson is quitting over criticism how he handled the saga. >> as commissioner i carry ultimate responsibility for the position we find ourselves in. with hindsight i wish we had sunlged matters involve this affair differently. i didn't and that's that. >>> brace for an explosive few days ahead. ra beck that brooks, rupert murdock...
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that brings us to rebecca brooks at the top of the news corp. food chain, possibly the linchpin, reaching the britain corridors of power. as cnn's atika schubert reports tonight, brooks had a long way to fall. >> reporter: in the cozy world of british politics and media rebecca brooks was at its center. she wined and dined the rich and powerful on behalf of her boss and mentor. brooks first came to news international as a secretary at news of the world. she quickly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist, reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming she was soon the youngest editor of the news of the world. shortly after that, the sun, both owned by murdock international. she spear headed a campaign to quote, name and shame alleged pedophiles publishing names and addresses in the paper. as the editor of the sun she testified that her paper had paid police officers for information. it was under her editorship that the news of the world allegedly paid a private
that brings us to rebecca brooks at the top of the news corp. food chain, possibly the linchpin, reaching the britain corridors of power. as cnn's atika schubert reports tonight, brooks had a long way to fall. >> reporter: in the cozy world of british politics and media rebecca brooks was at its center. she wined and dined the rich and powerful on behalf of her boss and mentor. brooks first came to news international as a secretary at news of the world. she quickly developed a reputation...
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rebecca brooks is the highest profile yet, and the one closest to rupert murdoch himself. >> brooks admitted to paying police for information. i asked lisa bloom why it wasn't a bigger deal back then. >> i think we got the answer to that today, don. it appears law enforcement was intimately tied up with the corruption scan danld hacking scandal with britain's top cop saying he should have handled things differently. i believe this is the beginning of the uk's watergate. there is too much corruption at too high of a level. this is a woman virtually admitting, sure, we paid police for information. now the police have four years' worth of files of at least 4,000 hacking victims and they did nothing. they didn't even notify victims of hacking. i think this is just the beginning of an unfolding scandal that will get bigger as each day goes by. >> i had a chance to speak with jeff jarvis. he thinks the scandal is enough to force rupert murdoch out of the news business all together. >> news corp. is primarily an entertainment company. nobody expects that entertainment executives are anything but ra
rebecca brooks is the highest profile yet, and the one closest to rupert murdoch himself. >> brooks admitted to paying police for information. i asked lisa bloom why it wasn't a bigger deal back then. >> i think we got the answer to that today, don. it appears law enforcement was intimately tied up with the corruption scan danld hacking scandal with britain's top cop saying he should have handled things differently. i believe this is the beginning of the uk's watergate. there is too...
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but it's being reported it was rebekah brooks rebekah brooks. she's been arrested and has been released. >>> an exciting final match at the women's world cup soccer tournament. it was a u.s. versus japan and we'll tell you who came out on top. but first i want to tell you about this. census bureau, more than 10 million americans are self employed. some even become business owners before graduating high school. cnn education editor introduces to us a couple in tonight's perry's principles. >> reporter: she's not your typical 18-year-old. she's met the president. rang opening bell at the new york stock exchange and started her own business, mama mi a's vegan bakery. it was served at the waldorf-astoria hotel. >> you started a vegan cookie business in high school. >> yes. summer after 10th grade. my parents became vegan after my mom contracted breast cancer. >> what do you know about business? >> just in that month of nifty. a low profit inspiring low-income students to stay in school. at their can competition last fall her bakery won the $10,000 g
but it's being reported it was rebekah brooks rebekah brooks. she's been arrested and has been released. >>> an exciting final match at the women's world cup soccer tournament. it was a u.s. versus japan and we'll tell you who came out on top. but first i want to tell you about this. census bureau, more than 10 million americans are self employed. some even become business owners before graduating high school. cnn education editor introduces to us a couple in tonight's perry's...
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brooks was at its very center. she wined and dined the rich and powerful on behalf of her boss and mentor, rupert murdoch. brooks first came to news international as a secretary at "news of the world." she quickly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist, reportedly once disguising herself as a cleaning lady to scoop a competitor. described as both ruthless and charming, she was soon the youngest editor of the "news of the world," and shortly after "the sun," both named by murdoch's news international. she spearheaded a controversial campaign to, quote, name and shame alleged pedophiles, publishing their names and addresses in the paper. as the editor of "the sun," brooks testified to parliament that her paper had paid police officers for information. and it was under her editorship that the "news of the world" allegedly paid a private investigator to hack into the voicemail messages of millie doweller, the 13-year-old girl murdered in britain whose investigation and court case made front page headli
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former editor, rebecc brooks, is under arrest. the question now, fredricka, who is going to be the next to fall? i think it's already starting a domino effect. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg you know. >> i'll be speaking to our london bureau. but you're right. domino effect, don't you think? >> absolutely. it's already started. we're at the 10th arrest now. >> yeah. and, i mean, it started back in, you know, early 2000. and now it's just coming to a head. she is still being questioned by police. >>> also we'll talk to the best political team on television about the debt ceiling. michele bachmann's husband, and mitt romney. it all makes sense. and then my interview with this lady. did you see it? the nail lady. her name is mama jazz. 26 inches long. one more inch it would be nine-inch nails times three. 26 inches long. which one is that one? >> this. >> i don't want to get close because i don't want to break them. >> that's right. >> all right, jazz. they call you mama jazz. >> right. >> ok. >> why? >> i asked her why, and
former editor, rebecc brooks, is under arrest. the question now, fredricka, who is going to be the next to fall? i think it's already starting a domino effect. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg you know. >> i'll be speaking to our london bureau. but you're right. domino effect, don't you think? >> absolutely. it's already started. we're at the 10th arrest now. >> yeah. and, i mean, it started back in, you know, early 2000. and now it's just coming to a head. she is...
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i should point out, rebecca brooks's arrest is the most high-profile arrest. and with each arrest it has gotten closer and closer to the murdoch family. she is a trusted lieutenant of rupert murdoch. so the mere fact that she has been arrested is very significant. >> atika shubert, thanks so much from london. >>> meantime, this is a very exciting day, especially if you love soccer. united states of america versus japan. those two teams are on the pitch face to face right now in frankfurt, germany. it's the women's world cup of soccer. we're live at the venue, of course. we're also live in tokyo. that is where we find paula hancocks among fans hoping for their first tournament title. on the other side of the world we're live in new york with susan candiotti. she's with usa supporters at a german sports pub in manhattan. we're also watching soccer fans in washington, d.c., spending their sunday cheering on the american women. all right. so let's first go to tokyo where it is after 5:00 in the morning. but that certainly does not mean that people are not going to
i should point out, rebecca brooks's arrest is the most high-profile arrest. and with each arrest it has gotten closer and closer to the murdoch family. she is a trusted lieutenant of rupert murdoch. so the mere fact that she has been arrested is very significant. >> atika shubert, thanks so much from london. >>> meantime, this is a very exciting day, especially if you love soccer. united states of america versus japan. those two teams are on the pitch face to face right now in...
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on friday when he accepted the resignation of rebekah brooks, that was a step in the right direction. there is going to be full-page apologies in the london newspapers. clearly the onous now is on murdoch. it's a huge black eye for his empire and naturally people are going to be suspicious about whether his u.s. media properties indulged in any of the questionable conduct. murdoch has a lot of work to do to prepare the tattered image of his company. >> howard kurtz is the washington bureau chief of the daily beast and newsweek and host of reliable sources here on cnn. >>> deal or no deal? is there a safe haven for your money in all of this debt mess that we're talking about next? coming up next. and the more i focus on everything else, the less time i have to take care of me. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. glucerna products help me keep everything balanced. [ golf clubs clanking ] [ husband ] i'm good! well, almost everything. [ male announcer ] glucerna. delicious shakes and bars. hel
on friday when he accepted the resignation of rebekah brooks, that was a step in the right direction. there is going to be full-page apologies in the london newspapers. clearly the onous now is on murdoch. it's a huge black eye for his empire and naturally people are going to be suspicious about whether his u.s. media properties indulged in any of the questionable conduct. murdoch has a lot of work to do to prepare the tattered image of his company. >> howard kurtz is the washington...
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will brooks will be able to. we don't know the conditions of her release is and she's very closely linked to this investigation. lawmakers will be restricted in what they can ask her because they can't prejudice the ongoing police investigation. so it could really constrain that hearing at parliament. of course, james murdoch and rupert murdoch will also be there and they may be constrained by what they can say because of the ongoing investigation. >> and it seems like this would present other problems because scotland yard questioning her, arresting rebekah brooks and yet scotland yards is being investigated because of their inappropriate relations with this media empire. >> well, that's just it. a lot of people are asking just how close were reporters at "news of the world" with police because of new revelations that a former "news of the world" deputy editor was a communication consultant for the police at the same time that he seemed to be reporting back to news international. so there is a lot -- it's a big
will brooks will be able to. we don't know the conditions of her release is and she's very closely linked to this investigation. lawmakers will be restricted in what they can ask her because they can't prejudice the ongoing police investigation. so it could really constrain that hearing at parliament. of course, james murdoch and rupert murdoch will also be there and they may be constrained by what they can say because of the ongoing investigation. >> and it seems like this would present...
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you have rebekah brooks who resigns at our time 5:25 basically in the morning. les hinton resigns like 5:00 in the afternoon. >> ahead of dow jones. >> you have two resignations at the end of the day. what other perception can you have other than the media is playing it up? no. news corp is playing this up because everybody is going down. >> to emphasize why this matter, this is as big a crisis in britain in a generation plus. it's the police, political establishment, media establishment and the most important media person in the u.s. which is rupert murdoch. not to cover this would be journalistic malfeasance. >> you have the democratic senatorial campaign putting out a statement. you wouldn't see that liberals who don't like rupert murdoch are just milking this for all it's worth? >> if this had no connection whatsoever to the nature of the operations, especially through fox news, you might say they're reaching. since the basic accusation that michael wolf was saying, that murdoch is using his media power for political ends is similar in the u.s. and the u.s.
you have rebekah brooks who resigns at our time 5:25 basically in the morning. les hinton resigns like 5:00 in the afternoon. >> ahead of dow jones. >> you have two resignations at the end of the day. what other perception can you have other than the media is playing it up? no. news corp is playing this up because everybody is going down. >> to emphasize why this matter, this is as big a crisis in britain in a generation plus. it's the police, political establishment, media...
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we are going to see rebecca brooks, the former news of the world editor, and james murdoch, the senior executive here in britain, and rupert murdoch himself. he almost never appeared in these kinds of things, very rarely. everybody will be looking for that. >> always good to see you. thank you so much. >>> to our viewers, time to head across the country, and let's start in los angeles they are calling this the biggest non-event since y2k. you have been hearing about armageddon, warning people that the 405 will be closed this weekend, and it appears that's exactly what the people of l.a. have done, nothing to report as far as any gridlock. people seemed to have stayed home. maybe the public awareness campaign was a success. >>> and let's turn to minnesota where crews are working to stop fuel from spilling after a train derailment. this happened overnight. 17 cars, two local motives were derailed. the engineer and conductor were injured. >>> a california man was arrested for threatening that woman, senator barbara boxer of california. police left death threats on her office voice mail. t
we are going to see rebecca brooks, the former news of the world editor, and james murdoch, the senior executive here in britain, and rupert murdoch himself. he almost never appeared in these kinds of things, very rarely. everybody will be looking for that. >> always good to see you. thank you so much. >>> to our viewers, time to head across the country, and let's start in los angeles they are calling this the biggest non-event since y2k. you have been hearing about armageddon,...
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when rebekah brooks, his right-hand woman in britain, who gave me my job, she was feature editor and i was looking at the same books we both had. we were spending $4,000 pounds a week on you know, private investigators. doing these kind of practices. it's just extraordinary if she was the department boss who then moved up to to be editor. how could you not notice an expense of over 100,000 a year on this kind of thing and not even ask what it's for. her position is ludicrous. even worse than that, for her to turn round and initially andy could youson turn around and say we didn't know about it, it was a rogue reporter acting on his own and now five reporters have been arrested, i've been invited into scotland yard to be arrested three times and they were still saying, we didn't know. it was just the reporters acting on their own. >> rupert murdoch and his son james and rebekah brooks have agreed to testify tuesday at a hearing on the scandal. stay tuned to cnn. >>> a government plan that actually worked? how do you shutdown one of the nation's busiest roadways and not cause much trou
when rebekah brooks, his right-hand woman in britain, who gave me my job, she was feature editor and i was looking at the same books we both had. we were spending $4,000 pounds a week on you know, private investigators. doing these kind of practices. it's just extraordinary if she was the department boss who then moved up to to be editor. how could you not notice an expense of over 100,000 a year on this kind of thing and not even ask what it's for. her position is ludicrous. even worse than...